To:All U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Employees
From: Assistant
Director – Budget, Planning and Human Resources
Subject:Changes to Pay Regulations
The purpose of this message is to inform you of the following changes to pay
regulations that became effective on May 14, 2007.
Compensatory Time Off
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has established a time frame for all
agencies during which an employee must use earned compensatory time off.
Effective May 14, 2007, an employee must use accrued compensatory time off
by the end of the 26th pay period after the pay period during which it was
earned. In the Fish and Wildlife Service, employees who are nonexempt
from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will receive payment
for such unused compensatory time off. Employees who are FLSA-exempt will
forfeit such unused compensatory time off. Employees who have unused
compensatory time off to their credit as of May 14, 2007, will have a period of
3 years to use such compensatory time off. It must be used no later than
the end of the pay period which ends 3 years after May 14, 2007.
The new regulations also stipulate that time off for FLSA-nonexempt employees
should not be considered in applying the biweekly or annual premium pay
limitations.

Restriction on Paying
Sunday Premium Pay
The OPM has revised 5 CFR 550.171(a) by deleting language stating that Sunday
premium pay is paid during periods of paid leave or excused absence. This
revision brings the OPM regulations into compliance with Public Law 105-277
which expanded the permanent restriction on the payment of Sunday premium pay
to effectively prohibit such payment to employees during any period when no
work is performed. This includes holidays, periods of paid leave, excused
absence, compensatory time off, credit hours or time off as an incentive or
performance award.
If you have any questions concerning the information in this message, please
contact your servicing human resources office.